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All kids' food commercials are annoying, disgusting, insulting, etc.

But I think the very worst food ads of all are the Carl's Jr. ads where people are eating a 7500 calorie "meal" in the hugest, barely chewed bites possible, talking with their mouths full, with food running down their faces -- uuuugggggghhhh!!! Not sure if Hardee's as they're known in the East runs the same ads or not, but truly the most offensive advertising ever.

And, ohmgosh... re Sonic commercials... we find those hysterical... um... in a totally dumb, ashamed of ourselves way. My husband originally hails from TN where there are tons of Sonics (a nice option since there's no In-n-Out there... yet...).

My favorite Sonic commercial... when the guy orders a wuh-rap, other guy corrects his pronunciation, they argue about whether it's Rench or Wuh-rench... Wuh-rong!

We still say wuh-rong and wuh-right around here. Pathetic, I know, but you never know what will tickle you.
;-p

How about the "it's time to get back to natural" mayonnaise commercials? It all starts out sounding so healthy, "It's time to get rid of unnatural ingredients in our food" "It's time to be healthier", "It's time for natural" blah blah and then, "It's time for MAYONNAISE"
mmmmmmm
Healthy!

I hate the current Little Debbie commercial for cinnamon rolls. The whole family is sitting down to breakfast and everyone has a cinnamon roll except for the youngest child. The child knocks his toy on the floor so that the father will pick it up, allowing the child to steal the dad's cinnamon roll. Then the mom arrive with more cinnamon rolls and everyone enjoys a laugh.

This ad pisses me off because, as a father, I always make sure that my kids are fed before me. The whole commercial makes me grind my teeth.

@roboppy--thanks for defending rathergood's Spongmonkeys! I adore "We like the moon" and when I saw them in the Quizno's commercials I was in heaven. But clearly the majority of the viewing public wasn't in on the joke.

Count me in on the Rachael Ray hatred. I also hate the old Wendy's (?) commercials for their "Chicken Cordon Blue" sandwich, in which the announcer pronounced "cordon" in such a bad French accent that it was as if it was spelled "cordin." I would cringe every time it came on.

There was also a commercial for an energy bar that showed, among other consumers, a woman in mid-run, who said, "To me, food is fuel..." That may be the saddest statement I ever heard as a testimonial.

@Adam: thanks for the consideration. I suspect I'm much older that you are. I like "curmudgeon" because it sounds better than "dinosaur" (which I've been called for years). But curmudgeon though I be, I am not resident: the title is yours. Your posts are wonderful.

i use the word doughnuts for doughnuts that i love, i.e. from the doughnut plant. all the rest are "donuts" to me.
abominations like krispy kremes, i think the word "doughnut" would be stretching it. so maybe we could reserve doughtnut for the sublime ones, and donuts for the crap.

@1stmakearoux: We're done with doughnuts for the day! All will be back to normal Monday morning. Thanks for bearing with us.

Neither are right, damit.You're just trying to dam the damn thing up as though they give a damn about the dammed word, dammitall. I mean ... dam!

I hate when I see similar words that many times. After a while, none of them look right. ;-)

capers, sauerkraut (white AND red), felafal mix, canned vegetables, white wine vinegar, chocolate, coconut powder and cream coconut (hard)...I was in the pantry earlier and this is all I can recall!

The most important thing--always--is the company I keep, even if it's just myself. Sharing a little paper sack full of hot salty fries at a fast food joint in the Tenderloin with my best friend who is in serious need of some girl talk is way more wholesome than any multi-grain, fat-free, non-whatever eaten in distress. That being said, a ripe red tomato, just picked and still warm from the garden, sprinkled with a little salt and eaten like an apple over the sink is heaven on earth. Oh, and it doesn't hurt to have a little Devendra Banhart on the stereo and my honey walking through the front door. Yum.

A big bowl of steamed green beans. Or raw sugar snap peas. I can never buy enough!

My morning smoothie/shake, soy milk and any and all fruits I want. I can change it any time I want, and make it fancy or simple. AAAnd there's no guilt, ever!!

My favorite healthy and pleasurable dish would be tomatoes from my parent's garden sliced thick and topped with chopped flat-leaf parsley and basil and thin slivers of red onions. Dress with a vinagrette of champagne vinegar, dijon mustard, a touch of extra virgin olive oil, crushed garlic, salt and lots of fresh ground black pepper and garnish with some toasted pinenuts for good measure. It has all the great textures - the juiciness of the sweet tomatos, the crisp heat of the onions and the crunch of the pinenuts.